Introducing the next generation of 3D printers

Making 3D printers smarter, faster & more precise!

Smarter, Faster & more Precise

We love 3D printing and asked over 200 creators about their 3D printing experience. Their response was: the high failure rate, terribly long building time, and low build quality frustrates us!

That's why we want to make 3D printers smarter, faster & more precise! We will do this by replacing outdated stepper motors and belts with state-of-art technology. The new generations of motors that will be used in MagLev3D, are based on linear motors with constant feedback control. Indeed, the same technology that is used by MagLev trains. MagLev3D will be able to:

Coming Up Soon: MagLev3D

The first 3D printer operating with linear motors for smoother and more accurate printed objects

Reliable

Precise positioning of the printer head with position and extrusion feedback ensures high build quality

Quadruple extruders

4 partly independent extruders can print with 4 different plastics, 4 different parts at once or 1 object up to 4x faster

Affordable

A professional, high performance 3D printer for an affordable cost

High Speed

Printer head can travel at an incredible speed of +500mm/s, rapidly creating awesomeness

Huge build volume

Create large objects up to 81x27x81 cm in size inside an enclosed build chamber

Few mechanical parts

It is safe and easy to maintain

All product specifications are subject to change prior to mass manufacturing

In development: Levio3D

First 3D printer based on state of art space technology. Taking 3D printing to the next stage.

Reliable

Precise positioning of the printer head with position and extrusion feedback ensures high build quality

6 degrees of freedom

The printer head can move on 6 axes. Print borders with less overhangs or print directly on an object!

Low power consumption

Extremely low power consumption compared to other 3D printers

High Speed

Printer head can travel at an incredible speed of +500mm/s, rapidly creating awesomeness

Modular

Attach several Levio3D printers together for your bigger projects. You can even use multiple print heads together!

Few mechanical parts

No belts and pulleys which requires maintenance! The printer head floats along the XY axis

All product specifications are subject to change prior to mass manufacturing

Making a step towards a better world

Owl Tech

We believe that we, humans, are inventive and want to build and share our creations. Therefore our mission is to advance the field of rapid manufacturing by developing a 3D printer that will offer the high reliability, low power consumption, high precision and high speed . In order to achieve our mission Owl Tech had joined the ESA-BIC Noordwijk business incubation program. With the help of European Space Agency experts Owl Tech will soon deliver truly revolutionary 3D printer.

Our passionate team!

Curious who are working on the next generation of 3D printers? We collaborate with scientists from European Space Agency, TU-Delft University, and diverse range of external specialists.
The core of our technology is developed in-house.

Hernando Sanchez-Faddeev

General Director, Founder

Anna Faddeeva

Business Development, Founder

Stepan Dzhanov

Director of Hardware Engineering

Stijn Weel

Control Systems

Collaborations

We are working in extensive collaborations with academia and the European Space Agency to develop a new kind of 3D printer. Our control and position engineers are enthusiastically working with state of art technology to advance the field of rapid prototyping.

Latest News

Owl Tech on Dutch TV

21st of October 2015

Our technology was presented in a special about the Dutch space industry on RTL Z on Dutch Television on. RTL Z visited the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre a few days ago and selected a few interesting start-ups for an interview. Besides Elbibi and SkyTree, we could also present our technology! As we are really happy to be in the spotlights, we want to share it with you: RTL Z – Toekomstmakers (from 10:45).

Dag van de Innovatie

1st of October 2015

On the 1th of October, we were present at the Dag van de Innovatie event hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. We had the chance to attend workshops, meet entrepreneus and get inspired to keep on working hard on our ideas. But most importantly, we could show our prototype of the MagLev 3D printer and discus its technology!

Woensdagmorgen.nl event

26th of August 2015

3D printing could induce the next industrial revolution. However, we are still not there yet! We are invited to talk about the 3D printing technology developed by Owl Tech at the next event of Woensdagmorgen.nl. Woensdagmorgen.nl is a network organization focusing on earth-based applications of space technology and the upcoming event will be about rapid prototyping. We are delighted to share our vision with you!

MagLev Teaser

12th of September 2014

We keep most of our development private, however sometimes it is important to show at least part of our development. As many of people who visit our office already know, part of our development is an advanced Magnetic Levitation Positioning system that we are developing with the help of European Space Agency. Our Maglev system is intended to outperform the current mechanical solutions employed for 3D printing. Unlike common energy hungry Maglev system used for Maglev trains or high- precision positioning systems in lithography our system does not require high currents nor expensive electronics. The levitation that you see in the video requires milliamperes @ 12V. The video was of the first time we manage to achieve low powered Maglev, a lot of things changed since then.

Visit Minister of Economic Affairs!

4th of November 2013

Minister Henk Kamp of Economic Affairs together with an astronaut André Kuipers visited the Space Business Innovation Centre Noordwijk. Owl Tech gave a presentation and we could not resist an opportunity to take a picture with both, the minister Henk Kamp and André Kuipers. Both liked the technology we develop. André mentioned that, if possible, he would be glad to take a 3D printer as ours to space, so we would be looking forward to give him this opportunity.

Owl Tech joins SBIC

1st of August 2013

After months of writing, investigating, discussions and business plan development Owl Tech has applied for the open call of Space Business Innovation Centre (SBIC). Today we can announce that we succeeded joining the SBIC and move our main office to the Innovation Centre. We are sure this collaboration will result in a new and exciting technology for the industry!